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QAA to review AA Hamilton College after identifying ‘a number of significant weaknesses’

Carlos Moedas says gender and international diversity will yield gold

Awareness of the impact of lad culture and the specific behaviours associated with it needs to be increased, conference hears

The Red Barn murder, organ donation and grave re-use were topics at an academic seminar

Nearing its half-century, the Science Policy Research Unit’s bold bid to find ‘radical solutions’ to global problems will cast the expertise net wide

Head of Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business says that changing white male domination may require ‘something dramatic’

Mass lobby in Brussels for Horizon 2020 funding ‘draws line in the sand’ on cuts

Many academics suffer ‘email overload’, says one study, which also considers how to get a grip. Plus the latest higher education appointments

UCU claims two members may have been targeted for ‘role in union’

But Queen’s University Belfast says issue is not related to academic freedom and organisers failed to complete necessary risk assessment

Former vice-president promises to focus on tackling cost of living crisis

Peer review is a sacred cow that is ready to be slain, a former editor-in-chief of the British Medical Journal has said

By Kaitlin Mulhere, for Inside Higher Ed

Survey assesses the voting intentions of 13,000 students

The Scottish National Party has pledged to support Labour’s proposed reduction of tuition fees in England to £6,000.

The president of Imperial College London has spoken directly about the suicide of Stefan Grimm for the first time in public.

Plans by King’s to demolish historic buildings in a multimillion pound redevelopment of its Strand campus have been criticised by a conservation group

A private college paid almost £2 million a year in public student loans has been criticised by the Quality Assurance Agency, despite being cleared of academic fraud.

Staff at the University of Surrey may strike later this term over plans to axe up to 100 jobs.

Thousands of workers who built New York University’s campus in Abu Dhabi were excluded from the institution’s enhanced labour standards, an independent report says.

Sir Anthony Seldon has been named the new vice-chancellor of the University of Buckingham

Members of the University and College Union at the University of Dundee have voted to strike in protest at the threat of compulsory redundancies

Thirty-six Lib Dems in firing line, including Nick Clegg, plus two Tories

THE FoI requests reveal use of recruiters by UK institutions to be highest among post-92s

Initial cohort of 20 funded researchers will receive tailored training and support to help stem leaks in the ‘pipeline’ to senior posts

‘Outdated’ policies at almost 20 per cent of universities make claims on student work, THE survey finds

Strategic barriers that lead to low female numbers in senior roles are a priority, says new chief

Scholar from Northumbria University created verbatim play to mark 20th anniversary using dialogue from a wide range of people

Hundreds of researchers sign letter warning of cost of focusing exclusively on business-led priorities

Procedural fluency key to effective STEM teaching, co-creator of top-ranking Mooc tells Chris Parr

Proposed Horizon 2020 changes could mean millions lost, says delegation

Private, entrepreneurial Bocconi University sets ambitious €120m fundraising target at glitzy global forum

Those studying at Arizona State and other universities are in demand as firms across the US seek fresh business insights, says Jon Marcus

Critics of the University of Warwick’s TeachHigher division also wary of UK-wide franchise

A Scottish institution aims to tackle obesity with products developed in a new food innovation centre

FoI request reveals UK institution’s legal costs in action that Vilnius University settled for £112,500

Universities awarding qualifications to those studying in the Caribbean must do more to monitor graduate employability

Tories talk of tougher visas and recognising top teaching. Labour alters funding plan for £6K fees. Greens promise to abolish fees

Washington releases ‘secret’ document naming hundreds of institutions under scrutiny

The winners will be announced at a ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Thursday 18 June

Publishers Elsevier and Wiley have each received about £2 million in article processing charges from 55 institutions as a result of RCUK's open access policy

Study finds union leadership to be unreflective of the students they represent, being still dominated by middle-class white men

Universities in England are set to miss carbon emission reduction targets by half, a report has found

Nigel Farage’s party also pledges to bar EU students from accessing student loans

Spending public money on higher education resources that cannot be shared openly borders on being “immoral and unethical”, a conference has heard.

Party sets out stall – but avoids pledges on fees

Plans to axe 236 jobs and reduce student numbers by more than 1,000 have been announced by Queen’s University Belfast

Tougher student visa regime and more employment data for applicants also mooted

Manifesto says party would reintroduce block grant for universities

By Jake New, for Inside Higher Ed

Around 30 UK vice-chancellors have travelled to Brussels to lobby European policymakers against potential cuts to research funding.

Tax avoidance savings now part of measures to fund £3K fees cut

Acquisition of global jobs network marks further investment in “dynamic” higher education sector

Gordon McKenzie is latest to leave department

University pension costs rose slightly last year, but may increase significantly in 2016 as major reforms take effect, according to pension experts.

The University of the Arts London is taking legal action to evict students who have staged a three-week occupation of one of its art schools.

Students are planning to vote in huge numbers in the general election, according to a survey, despite many lacking faith that doing so will help improve their lives.